US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on May 19 for "Method of implementing engine braking using a virtual gear shift system of an electric vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,023, issued on May 19, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of implementing engine braking using a virtual gear shift system of an electric vehicle" was invented by Seong-Ho Kim (Anseong-si, South Korea), Seong-Ik Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang-Won Oh (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of implementing engine braking using a virtual gear shift (VGS) system of an electric vehicle (EV), which is connected with a VGS mode torque profile map, performs power-off down shift control by turning a VGS function on in response to an accelerator pos...